. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. NANKIiEN NIGHT HEUON. THE YELLOW-BILLED DUCK 34 Animal Life Peesented to the Society by John Brinsmead,Esq., the Nankeen Night Heron isNight Heron. ^*^ doubt a very rare and beautifulspecimen of the Nycticorax cullatus,and was, I beheve, sent from Austraha by hisdaughter. In their wild state, they seldom disturbthemselves from then- slumbers in the day-time, and even the one in captivity, remainsimmobile for a considerable time generally perchedon one leg, the onlv sign of life being the. THE OSPREV. blinking of its beautifu
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. NANKIiEN NIGHT HEUON. THE YELLOW-BILLED DUCK 34 Animal Life Peesented to the Society by John Brinsmead,Esq., the Nankeen Night Heron isNight Heron. ^*^ doubt a very rare and beautifulspecimen of the Nycticorax cullatus,and was, I beheve, sent from Austraha by hisdaughter. In their wild state, they seldom disturbthemselves from then- slumbers in the day-time, and even the one in captivity, remainsimmobile for a considerable time generally perchedon one leg, the onlv sign of life being the. THE OSPREV. blinking of its beautifuleyes (which are alwayswide open) at long mter-vals, and it is perfectlyheedless of the move-ments of the other birdscaged with it. Here to-day and gone to-morrow \fSt may be well applied to some of the fresh arrivals at the Zoo. The Osprey shown was a very fine specimen caught at sea, and had on arrival a plumage scarcely ruffled.
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